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Meanings of great discovery in English

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Usage of great discovery in English
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In 1896 Becquerel brought us to the threshold of the great discovery.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
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This great discovery was the starting-point of the modern science of electricity.
The Story of Electricity
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We owe the great discovery of Newton to a very trivial accident.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
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The next great discovery will, very likely, be the conservation of sunlight.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1
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I came back the next day alone, to certify my great discovery.
Bred in the Bone; Or, Like Father, Like Son: A Novel
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According to the legend, this great discovery elicited extravagant demonstrations of joy.
The Innocents Abroad
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He was older and more modest when he made his great discovery.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
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His explanation was based upon his own great discovery of magneto-electric currents.
Faraday as a Discoverer
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Whenever he made any great discovery he devoutly returned thanks to God.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
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And then, somehow, I know not how, Lop-Ear made the great discovery.
Before Adam
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The spell of Columbus's great discovery stirred the soul of Harry Hall.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
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This was Sterne's last train of thought independent of the great discovery.
The End of the Tether
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Don't wait and make that great discovery after it's too late.
Girl out back
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No time must now be lost in proclaiming the great discovery.
Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic
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I cried, in the tone of one who has made a great discovery.
The Minute Boys of the Mohawk Valley
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This great discovery sent a reverberation through the gallery of the scientific world.
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, His Life and Speeches
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